Friday, September 16, 2011

Tortoises


It was a fun Second Saturday with Barbara Drake (Tongva) and the California Turtle & Tortoise Club Inland Empire Chapter ... and a couple friends.

The Serrano Indian word for tortoise = Qerperc
The Cahuilla Indian word for tortoise = I'yeel


Our friends from the California Turtle & Tortoise Club



Barbara Drake uses a tortoise shell to tell about the 13 moons on a tortoise's back: a calendar.



Fun crafts for all ages ... a felt tortoise, and a pinhole drawing



Free family fun! Missed this second Saturday?

Come to the next. Or come again!

Second Saturday Sidewalk Storytelling
OCTOBER! Oct. 8 1-4 p.m.
Fall is here, an important time for the First People. Come discover more with Ernest Siva (Cahuilla/Serrano). Crafts. Free family fun.
Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, corner of San Gorgonio Ave. and Hays St., Banning, CA
We save and share Southern California Native American cultures, languages, history, and traditional arts.

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